Wind-shield shade.



G. W. LEEMING.

WIND SHIELD SHADEI 1 APPLICATION FILED IjEB. I, I9I8- Patented Jan. 7,1919.

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G. W. LEEMING.

WIND SHIELD SHADE.

APPLlCATiON FILED FEB. I, 1918.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

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GEORGE W. LEEMING, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

WIND-SHIELD SHADE.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LEEMING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham, in the county of 'Jefierson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improve 'ments in Wind-Shield Shades, of which the following is a specification.

free end of the shade adapted to be received and to travel in guides formed in the sides of the frame of the top wind shield section.

The purpose of my invention is to so-incorporate a shade in the wind shield thatit will be comparatively inexpensive and always instantly available to be drawn down so as to shield the eyes of the driver from the glare of lights ahead.

It is my purpose to sodesign the shade that it will be compact, can be lowered to the desired position and released instantaneously with the use of but one hand and which will hang in position without fluttering or being objectionable in any way.

I preferably employ the well known type of spring shade roller having the automatic detent which will arrest-the shadewhen lowered to the desired position. This roller is details of construction and arrangements of parts, which in their preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a perspective new of a standard type of wind shield equipped with my protecting shade in partly lowered position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view broken away showing the shade roller and the frame casing in which it is mounted. a Fig. 3 is a sectional view-taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.-

" Fig. 4: .is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of'the flattened end of the shade rod.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1919.

Application filed February 1, 1918. Serial No. 214,940.

which the specially designed upper sect ion of the wind shield frame is formed.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

I have illustrated my invention as incorporated in a wind shield'comprising a lower section 1 and an upper section 2, both of which are pivot'ally connected by pivot pins 3 to the supports 4 mounted on the dash of the car. The lower wind shield section 1 may be of any standard design but the frame for the upper wind shield section is especially designed for receiving and guiding my shade. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the glass 5 for the upper wind shield section has its edges mounted in a U-shaped brass retaining strip 6 having an outturned flange 7 on the front side of the glass. This strip with its internal felt lining 6 is continuous about the ends and top edges of the glass, and constitutes the glass holder proper. Along the side edges the strip is adapted to be received in a channel shaped frame 8 which seats flush against the flange 7 but has its other edge spaced sufliciently from the rear edge of the strip 6 to form a vertical guide way 9 in which the flattened ends 10 of the bottom shade rod 11 are received and 3 guided. The top member of the frame is formed by a tubular member 12 having plugs 13 and 14 made fastin its ends. The plug 14 is provided with a rounded socket bearing with a sleeve extension 14*, which receives the roundfend of the roller shaft 15 which has a flattened end 16 that fitsinto the correspondingly shaped opening in the head 13 and is held thereby against rotation. A shade roller 17 is mounted to turn on the shaft 15 and'is pressed by means of a c011 spring 18 in a direction towind thereon the shade 19. The well known gravity latch mechanism 20, such as is employed on all window shades, is here provided so that the roller may be brought to rest when the shade has been lowered to the desired point and there held against the action of the spring until the latch is tripped, when the speed of the roller will prevent the latch again operating before the shade has been entirely wound on the roller. This mechanism being well understood in the'art and forming no particular part of 'my invention, has not been illustrated in detail. The shade roll is held in position by the collar Meat one end and 'a set collar 14 at the other end.

The outer edge 21 of the topsection 12 or welded thereto, andfat their lower ends rests on the flange 7 of the brass strip while the other edge 22 of the member 12 is spaced from the rear edge of said member and slightly out-turned. The spacing is such.

that the rod 11 at the base of the shade will not pass this portion 22 when the shade is permitted to run up to concealed position. The shade itself is preferably interrupted at its center as indicated at 23 to leave the rod exposed so as to form a hand grip for convenientlv manipulating the shade.

In Fig, 6 I show the preferred manner of forming my frame. Here the blank comprises a main body portion 24: having at its corners oppositely extending strips 25. The shade casing 12 is formed from the body 24 and the strips 25 on each end of the body are shaped and drawn together to jointly form the channel shaped sides 8, the sections of each side being secured at their upper ends by the bearings 3, which are brazed by the corner clips 26, Fig. 2.

In operation, the shade is responsive to the tension of spring 18 when normally run up to concealed position, in which however the hand grip portion 23 of its rod is convenient to be grasped by one hand of the driver. If any circumstance arises wherein a glare is created on the wind shield tending to blind the driver, the latter grasps and draws the shade down toits lowered position over the upper section of the wind shield, thus forming a protection for his eyes while he can see under the shade a suflicient distance ahead for the safe driving of the car.

proper, it may obviously be mounted as an attachment on present wind shield frames.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Lett'ers Patent, is

l. The combination with a wind shield frame comprising a tubular top member and inturned channel-shaped side members, a frame for the glass mounted in the said channel members of said frame with its back face spaced from the rear edges of the side and top of said frame, a spring pressed shade roller mounted in the tubular top section of the frame above and in the same plane with said glass frame, a shade on said roller, and a rod at the free end of the shade having its ends guided between the adja- -0entside members of said frames.

lar top member spaced sufliciently from said strip to form a shade outlet slot, a springpressed shade roller mounted in said top tubular member, a shade wound thereon and projecting through said shade slot, and a rod on the free end of the shade'which works in the side guides and is adapted to be arrested by the top member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix signature.

GEORGE w. LEEMING. 

